Some (annoying) things to know about servers merge !

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Thanks to Dagget for the summary on Alliance forums.

VA_Dagget wrote: http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... p?t=603010

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... p?t=598983

These, and a couple of other nearby threads make the following clear:

All items in the db will get new ID's - programs like CS and AOIA will be toast initially

All backpacks will get new ID's - will be zero chance of labels moving with backpacks

Copying preference folder data - even if you map old ID directory names correctly to the new ones, will be mostly a waste. Most F10 info will migrate, but that's about it, and Macrosun doesn't recommend.

Appears the only 'clean' option is to let the new folders populate themselves and you manually re-setup *everything* for each char after server merge.
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OMG!!! Urggg at renaming BP's
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Send me the files for my toons when you re-assign everything. Cheers g
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To annoying this shit :(
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Elrojo wrote:Send me the files for my toons when you re-assign everything. Cheers g
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I wish there was a way for old players to log in just to get their names/etc in order (for instance ... there WAS a Doctorhyde on RK1 that was older than me, but inactive for close to a decade now). Hopefully they toss out a free month soon.

Anyway for inactive players to know if they lost their names?
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not until you log in.

The toon is "inactive" for as long as you don't log in.

Once you log in you'll "activate" it.

Then it exists. Until then though, there is no !whois doctorhyde or !alts add doctorhyde

It'll just return "this character does not exist"
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Hyde... just pay one month...
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Nooba got the longer version of the explanation right :D
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enakur wrote:Hyde... just pay one month...
We're literally broke at the moment, I'm on disability for the forseeable future, and even without that downloading the game and then patching up is a fair hassle.

I might see about rolling placeholder fr00bs and then deleting them and taking their names ... anyone know if that will work (as in, someone willing to test)?
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Yes you can create a froob, and when you want to get it on a paid account you can delete the froob.
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Hrm. I rolled a fr00b account and ... Doctorhyde, Hyde (which I didn't own, though I think someone snagged it for me ... maybe Mud) and Jexyll were all taken.

Hyde, I could see easily, as I never owned it.

Doctorhyde, wait a minute, someone has to be messing with me personally ...

But Jexyll?

I think they reserved names. No clue what their methodology is.

I'll create a new fr00b and see what I can see. I might bug someone for an org add if I can locate one of you.
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I had Hydefu on both RK1 and RK2 ... and one of them is deactivated but with a random name, the other has the name reserved. So they definitely did do something to reserve names. I guess I'll have to pay a month to find out if I lost my name.
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did you read the naming priority post?

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... p?t=604082
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#-o Sorry Hyde. I guess you indded have to get a month and have a look. It was great to see you and hug you tonight on Aptool1 though. :) Made me happy. :luv:

I hope you can get a named back.

And lol thanks Noobas, I actually never saw the document your pointed atbefore !
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